Forms of Abuse
Physical Abuse
- Punching or kicking walls
- Hitting
- Hair-pulling
- Being forceful
- Using weapons
- Pushing someone out of a car
- Punching
- Slapping
- Grabbing
- Blocking a doorway
- Choking
- Driving in a scary/unsafe way
- Kicking
- Pushing
- Throwing things
- Getting in someone’s face
- Punching
- Shoving
- Breaking things
- Physically restraining someone
- Burning
- Pinching
- Being intimidating
Verbal Abuse
- Answering questions for the other person
- Yelling
- Not allowing the other person to speak
- Shouting
- Speaking in a patronizing manner
- Cursing
- Talking over someone
- Constantly interrupting
Mental Abuse
- Lying or twisting things around
- Always being right
- Accusing the other person of things which they are not guilty
- Tricking someone
- Blaming the other person for one’s own mistakes
- Hiding personal items from someone
- Believing the other person is always wrong
Emotional Abuse
- Insulting
- Possessiveness
- Constantly checking up on the person
- Jealousy
- Not respecting feelings
- Devaluing a person’s point of view
- Ridiculing
- Ordering someone around
- Spying on a person through others
- Threatening
- Destroying personal property
- Putting someone down
- Ignoring
- Ruining a person’s reputation
- Humiliating someone
Sexual Abuse
- Not listening to the word “No”
- Rape
- Deliberately not talking about birth control methods
- Unwanted touching
- Pressure or coercion to become a parent or end a pregnancy by one partner
- Vulgar comments
- Getting someone pregnant to prevent them from leaving
- Pressure to have sex
Financial Abuse
- Making the other person ask for money
- Giving the other person an allowance
- Hiding knowledge of, or access to the family income
- Taking the other person’s money
- Preventing the other person from getting or keeping a job
Abuse in any form is never acceptable. You deserve more. If you feel you may be a victim of abuse, you can call our 24-hour hotline: 631-666-8833.
